reorganize

American  

[ree-awr-guh-nahyz] / riˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /

especially British, reorganise

verb (used with or without object)

reorganized, reorganizing

1. to organize again.

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reorganize British  

/ riːˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to change the way (something) is organized

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Other Word Forms

• reorganizer noun
• unreorganized adjective

Etymology

Origin of reorganize

First recorded in 1675–85; re- + organize

Example Sentences

A study published in Nature highlights how several brain regions work together to reorganize memories over time, with checkpoints that help assess how significant each memory is and how durable it should be.

From Science Daily

Last year, McDonald reorganized his leadership team as part of a push to cut the two-year product-development cycle roughly in half.

From The Wall Street Journal

It takes time for the work processes inside of companies to be reorganized and refined around new information technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It will reorganize in order to continue its criminal activities.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The plan would reorganize the departments and their faculty members into an array of “schools,” “centers” and “institutes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• reconstruct
• reshuffle
• restructure
• revamp